Twelve Greeks and Romans who changed the world [[Book] /]
12 Greeks and Romans who changed the world.
Carl J. Richard.
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003.
- x, 259 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
"Brief bibliographical suggestions for general readers": p. 247-249.
Homer, founder of Western literature -- Thales, founder of Western science -- Themistocles, defender of Greek civilization -- Pericles, democratic reformer -- Plato, founder of Western philosophy -- Alexander the Great, disseminator of Greek culture -- Scipio Africanus, defender of the Roman Republic -- Julius Caesar, destroyer of the Roman Republic -- Cicero, statesman, philosopher, and republican martyr -- Augustus, founder of the Roman Empire -- Paul of Tarsus, Christian evangelist -- Augustine, Christian theologian.